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British businessmen and Canadian confederation : constitution-making in an era of Anglo-globalization / Andrew Smith.

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Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep Brit...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Smith, Andrew, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
British North American Association.
Capitalism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Investments, British > Canada > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Administration.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Economic policy.
Canada > History > Confederation, 1867.
British colonies.
Capitalism.
Economic policy.
Investments, British.
Colonies > Administration.
America.
Canada.
Great Britain.
History.
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Summary:Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep British North America within the British Empire.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.
ISBN:9780773575004
0773575006
1282865552
9781282865556

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